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ALBANY 

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PUBLISHED BY THE 



ALBANY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 



A beautiful and attractive city in which to live 
A most advantageous city in ivhich to do business 



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BEAVER PARK. 




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LOOKING UP BROADWAY FROM STATE STREET. 



A VIEW FROM THE CAPITOL. 




LOOKING UP STATE AND PEARL STREETS. 



ALBANY AT A GLANCE 



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GEOGRAPHICAL 



Albany, being situated at the head of tidewater of tiie Hudson River, and at the eastern terminus ( 



tiie Erie Canal, is naturally as well as artificially the centre of a great, growing and prosperous sectioi 
Within two hundred miles of the Capitol, one-third of the population of the United States is located ; and here converge not on! 
the river lines, with thirty-three passenger steamers daily, but also six steam railroads, with one hundred and fifty passenger ar 
over two hundred and fifty freight trains each day, while a network of well equipped inter-connecting trolley lines, both within tf 
city and to suburban points, rounds out the city's many geographical advantages. 




ALBANY COUNTY COURT BUILDING. 



ARCHITECTURAL 



The architectural growth and 
development ot Albany have 
jeen such that to-day its public and semi-public buildings may 
successfully challenge comparison with those of other cities, 
n any part of the country. Column upon column of descrip- 
ion, by writers from all over the world have made the great 
state Capitol famous, and caused it to be the first building 
sought by most visitors to Albany. But, if less widely known, 



the architectural style of the City Hall is admirable for its 
simple classic beauty. To these and other public buildings 
will soon be added a long-needed State Educational Library 
building, attractive in design and thoroughly adapted to its 
purposes. The many new semi-public buildings, banking 
offices, private residences and modern apartment houses, have 
so transformed the ancient city in which Dutch traditions 
lingered even a decade ago, that the metamorphosis is little 
less than startling. The "entrance gate" — the new Union 




MIL DUDLEY OBSERVATORY 




PUBLIC BATH No 





FIRST PRECINCT STATION HOUSE. 





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PUBLIC BATH No. 2. 




THE KING FOUNTAIN- MOSES SMITING THE ROCK.- WASHINGTON PARK. 






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THE LAKE — WASHINGTON PARK. 

Depot, a model of attracti\e and convenient up-to-date railway 
facilities, might not inaptly be termed the gateway to Albany 
in the architectural sense, as well. 



EDUCATIONAL, CIVIC AND 
RELIGIOUS 



Albany is justly 
proud of her 
standing as an educational centre. Not only in her public 
school system has she long been pre-eminent, but no less than 
twenty-six colleges and private schools are here located. 
Among those of far more than local fame are the State Normal 



THE LOTL'S BEDS- WASHINGTON PARK. 




THE CAPIT(JL. 

>Mlege, Albany Law School, the ahna mater of President 
'\cKinley and other great men; Albany Medical College, the 
ilbany Boys' Academy, where Joseph Henry first demon- 
trated the practical use of the magnetic telegraph; the Albany 
icademy for Girls, the oldest school exclusively for the edu- 
ation of girls in the world; Albany Business College, Acad- 
my of the Sacred Heart and St. Agnes School. Incidental 
3 educational and scientific research, there is the Dudley 



Observatory, with its director, Prof. Lewis Boss, a well- 
known astronomical authority, and there are twelve available 
libraries, of which the State library is second to but few in 
the world. On the religious side, Albany is most fortunate 
in having seventy-three fine church edifices, (including two 
cathedrals), w^here as has been the case ever since the days 




THE CAPITOL— EASTERN APPROACH. 




THE CAPITOL — THE GREAT WESTERN 
STAIRCASE. 





THE CAPITOL -THE GREAT WESTERN 
STAIRCASE. 



THE CAPITOL- THE GREAT WESTERN 
STAIRCASE. 



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CATIIEURAL OF THE IMMACULATE CONXEPTluX . 




TEMPLE BETH lEMETH. 





ST. PETER'S CHURCH. 



C.A.THEDRAL OF ALL SAL\TS. 

of Diiminie Megapolensis, able and devout men of scholarship 
and reputation occupy the pulpits. Albany has four daily 
newspapers, of which some have a national reputation. The 
city is supplied with an abundance of pure drinking water from 
a large filtration plant. There are over eighty-seven miles 
of paved streets and nearly a hundred miles of sewers. There 
are seventeen parks, comprising over three hundred and si.x 





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THE SMALLPOX HOSPITAL. 



THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASE HOSPITAL. 




ST. PETERS HOSPITAL. 





WASHINGTON PARK — THE BURNS STATUE. 



acres; the most pretentious of these, Washington Park, is 
unsurpassed in any city of the appro.\imate size of Albany. 
In this park are to be seen the statue of Robert Burns, and 
the King fountain — "Moses smiting the rock." In connec- 
tion with the park system, there are ninety-five acres of boule- 
vards under park care. Albany has five excellent hospitals; 



THE PUBLIC MARKET. 




THE SCHUYLER MANSION - ERECTED IN i76.> 





FIRST REFORMED CHURCH — ERECTED IN i7Qq. 



ERECTED IN 1666. 



the fraternal organizations are exceptionally strong and rep- 
resentative in their membership; there are forty-two social 
clubs, and as might be expected from the antiquity of the 
place, there are numerous patriotic-hereditary societies, based 
on revolutionary and colonial descent. 




NEW YORK STATE NATIONAL BANK. 



Original building erected 1803. The oldest building 
in the United States used continuously for banking 
purposes. 





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SOME STATE SfREET BANKS. 




WASHINGTON PARK— LAKE AND BRIDGE. 




THE PRUYN LIBRARY. 





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THE CENTRAL VOUNG MEN'S CHRlsnAN 
ASSOCIATION. 



rOMMFRPIAI Albany has long boasted a municipal credit and market value for her bonds and securities unsurpassed by 

most and equalled by but few cities. Albany's banks and financial institutions, comprising six banks of 

discount, two trust companies, and seven savings banks, are far-renowned for enterprise, coupled with caution and good judgment; 

so that "as sound as a bank of Albany" might appropriately be substituted for the familiar saying as to the Bank of England. 




THE EXECUTIVE MANSION. 



CLIMATIC 



Albany's situation is such that the city 
is rarely subjected to extremes, either 



of heat or of cold. 



HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL 



Albany is the 
oldest settled 
city in the United States; was organized in 1686, and has been 
the Capital of New York State since 1797. In peace and in 
war, in sunshine and in storm, this ancient city has made 
history, taking part in the greatest events, from times pre- 
revolutionary, and giving her distinguished sons to high places 




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AI.HANYiFIRE'DEPAUTMENT-STEAMER Hol'SE Nn. 





THE RAILROAD STATION. 



in the councils alike of State and Nation, as well as to bear 
the sword in defense of our institutions. The very soil here 
is reminiscent of great and valiant deeds; so that it might well 
be said, in the words of Holy Writ: " Put off thy shoes from 
off thy feet; for the place whereon thou standest is holy 
ground." 



ALBANY FIRE DEPARTMENT — STEAMER HOUSE No. 5. 




ODD FELLOWS TEMPLE. 




MASONIC TEMPLE. 



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The Secretary of the Albany Chamber of Commerce 
will be pleased to answer any inquiries which may be 
made in regard to Albany, and to give any special 
information that may be desired. 




JUL Id mr 




THE MANNING BOULEVARD. 



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